Vegetable-cutter.



L. L. HILLS. VBGETABLB GUTTER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1913.

1,122,501n Patented Dee.2f9,1914

LUNDY E.' HILLs'or amenazan, MINNESOTA.

Specication of Letters Patent.

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Application led Ju1y'21, 1918. Serial No. 780,37?.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, LUND'r' E. HILLS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Ash,

creek, in the county of Rock, State'of Minne'- sota, have invented certain new andy useful for cutting potatoes.

The object of theA invention resides in the provision of a device of the character named through the instrumentality of which potatoes can be cut with great rapidity, ease and facility.

A further object of thee-invention resides in the provision of a device of this character which will be simple in constructlon, e111 cient in use, and which may be manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

' Vith the above and other objects in View the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be hadgto the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views` and in which-.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention; Fig. Q, a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 2 with the plunger in retracted position; Fig. 4.-, asection on the line 4--4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a.

front view of the invention; and Fig. 6, a rear'view thereof.

Referring tothe drawings the device is shown as comprising a table 'A `which includes a top or slab 10 supported upon legs 11. Mounted upon the top 10 and extending longitudinally of the latter are spaced members 12 and 13 connected together at their upper edges bv cross members 14 and 15, said cross members being disposed in spaced relation to each other. upper edges of the spaced members 12 and 13 between the cross members 14: and 15 and delivering between the members 12 and 13 is a hopper 16.

Mounted upon the Secured' to the inner edge of the cross member 15 is a plurality of depending verti. cal knives 17, the cutting edges of said knives being directed toward the cross member 14.

Slidably mounted between the members 12 and 13 is a plunger 18 the rear end of which has pivotallv connected thereto one end of a link 19. The other end of this link 19 is pivotally connected to a lever 2O mounted upon the top 10' at the rear of the plunger 18 and whereby the movement of said lever in one direction will draw the plunger away from the knives 17.

Mounted upon the top 10 just forward of the cross member 15 isa frame B which includes vertical side members 21 and 22 connected together at their upper ends by e cross member 23. The adjacent sides of the members 21 and 22 are provided respectively with grooves Q4 in which is slidably mounted the terminals of a knife 25 the cutting edge of which extends transversel-v of the cutting edge ofthe knives 17. The knife 25 is normally held elevated by means of tension springs 26 which have one end connccted to the upper edge of the knife and their other ends to the cross member 23.

Formed in the 'top 10 adiacent the frame B and in line respectivelv with .the members 12 and 18 are openings 27 in each of which is journaled a pulley 28. Also formed in the top 10 adjacent the ends of the members 12 and 13 remote from the openings 27 are bpenings 29 in which are journaled pulleys 30 respectively.

Secured to respective ends 'of thekniie 25 are the terminals of a cable 31, which cable l is trained over the pulleys Q8 and 30 and has its intermediate portion made fast to the rear end of the plunger 1B.

By this construction it will be apparent that the springs Q6 will operate to normally hold the forward end of the plunger 18 in proximity to the knives 17 and the knife 25 elevated. When the plunger 18 is moved rea'rWardlv through the medium of the lever 20 material will pass from the hopper 13 in front of the plunger and the knife 25 moved downwardly. ponreleasing the lever 20 the plunger 18 will move lforwardly and force the material in advance thereof against the knives 17 to eect the cutting of the ma terial by said knives. During this forward movement or the plunger` the knife will be eievniecl and upon the next retraction of the plunger the knife Q5 will operate to cu'tllie maei-iai Di-eviously cut by the knives l?.

what is claimed is2- .in a. vegetable cutter, the combination of e support, n casing mounted upon Suid support and having open ends,.a hopper ineluded in `the top of said casing, a plunger sliduble in the casinga knife mounted for 10 sliding movement across the advance end of the plunger, spring means normally holding said knife elevaed, connections between said memo?.

springinenns anti the plunger for normally holdingy the lutter in its advance position,4

LUNDY HELLS.

Witnesses:

. J. DUNCOMB.,

A. Jensen. 

